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Experimental verification of theoretical prediction of fiber to fiber contacts in electrospun multilayer nano-microfibrous assemblies: effect of fiber diameter and network porosity
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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by R Bagherzadeh, M Latifi, S Najar, Lingxue KongLingxue KongAverage number of fiber-to-fiber contacts in a fibrous structure is a prerequisite to investigate the mechanical, optical and transport properties of stochastic nanomicrofibrous networks. In this research work, based on theoretical analysis presented for the estimation of the number of contacts between fibers in electrospun random multilayer nanofibrous assembles, experimental verification for theoretical dependence of fiber diameter and network porosity on the fiber to fiber contacts has been provided. The analytical model formulated is compared with the existing theories to predict the average number of fiber contacts of nanofiber structures. The effect of fiber diameters and network porosities on average number of fiber contacts of nano-microfiber mats has been investigated. A comparison is also made between the experimental and theoretical number of inter-fiber contacts of multilayer electrospun random nanomicrofibrous networks. It has been found that both the fiber diameter and the network porosity have significant effects on the properties of fiber-to-fiber contacts.
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Journal of industrial textilesVolume
43Issue
4Pagination
483 - 495Publisher
Sage PublicationsLocation
London, EnglandPublisher DOI
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1528-0837Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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